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Malingerer

//məˈlɪŋɡəɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who malingers.

    "It is telling, in this context of rising rates of mental illness, that New Labour committed itself, early in its third term in government, to removing people from Incapacity Benefit, implying that many, if not most, claimants are malingerers."

  2. 2
    someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity wordnet

Etymology

From malinger + -er.

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